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Placing a Holter Monitor
Views: 2,352 - Comments: 0A Holter monitor (also called an ambulatory electrocardiography device) is a noninvasive method of assessing the heart's rhythm. Jaclyn Benglian, CVT, reviews how to assemble a Holter monitor for patients to wear at home. Downl...
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Hemolyzed Blood and Hematuria
Views: 6,442 - Comments: 2Do you know what your patients’ blood is telling you? Learn from Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), about identifying hemolyzed blood samples.
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Coping with Grief and Loss
Views: 3,119 - Comments: 1How does grief differ when a pet is lost due to old age versus a sudden tragedy? Enid Traisman, MSW, CT, and Director of the DoveLewis Pet Loss Support Program, reviews how clients may feel and react after losing a pet in each cir...
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Open Chest CPR
Views: 5,673 - Comments: 0You’ve just completed external chest compressions with no response, now what? Learn from DoveLewis Critical Care Specialist Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, about how to enter the chest to begin cardiac massage.
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Open Chest CPR: Advanced Methods
Views: 3,772 - Comments: 0Open chest CPR is a difficult and hard to practice procedure. Learn from DoveLewis Critical Care Specialist Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, about a few advanced ways to attempt to revive a patient.
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Ask the Right Questions
Views: 15,263 - Comments: 7We’ve all had the thought after working with a client-- why didn’t you mention this earlier? Why am I just hearing about this now? This would have been nice to know an hour ago… While it may be easy to blame the client, it’s im...
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Working Well Under Pressure
Views: 9,229 - Comments: 1Pressure and stress are factors that play a role in our jobs, everyday. Join Sarah Parker, CMA (AAMA), from the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland, to learn about ways to manage pressure in any position at your hospital....
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Communication in Crisis: What Clients Go Through in an Emergency
Views: 11,328 - Comments: 4Pet emergencies occur every minute of every day – but for our clients it is a singular monumental event. Pets are, in fact, family. They are family that like to eat socks, brawl in the street, enjoy an occasional pot brownie (doub...
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Barriers to Effective Communication
Views: 8,618 - Comments: 0We may think that our communication style is crystal clear, but is it? Learn from Sarah Parker, CMA (AAMA), from the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland, about how we can minimize the barriers that happen in everyday communic...
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Preparing for a Snake Physical Exam
Views: 4,196 - Comments: 0Snakes can be easily stressed, and are sensitive to oils on our skin such as lotions and perfumes. Learn from Senior Technician Supervisor Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS (ECC) about how to safely prepare for a snake exam in your hospital.
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Cleaning an Isolation Exam Room
Views: 8,186 - Comments: 6An isolation exam room needs to be treated with extra care to ensure that containments are not spread between patients. Learn from Megan Urton, Technician Assistant Manager, about how to safely clean an isolation exam room.
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Assembling a Simple Major Pack
Views: 5,603 - Comments: 5Getting instruments cleaned, sterilized, and organized is crucial in any veterinary hospital. Learn from Bobbie Lucas, Surgery Technician Assistant, about the correct way to assemble a simple major pack. Download Surgical Pack...
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Why We Stay Open
Views: 2,771 - Comments: 0We learned recently that some local emergency hospitals are sending their patients to DoveLewis in an attempt to manage their own caseloads. We get it—when you combine factors like a national hiring shortage and our pet-friendly c...
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Glo Germ: A Staff Training Tool
Views: 4,711 - Comments: 3Here at DoveLewis, we take all things cleaning very seriously. It’s important that every staff member is up to date on our latest cleaning protocols. While it can be time consuming to spend time with each staff member reviewing ho...
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Cidex Sterilization
Views: 3,523 - Comments: 0Technician Assistant, Katy Collins, reviews how to use safely use Cidex disinfectant products for sterilizing hospital equipment. Note – Cidex should only be used after equipment has gone through standard cleaning process. Cide...
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Passive Range of Motion
Views: 4,114 - Comments: 0Passive range of motion (or PROM) is an important step to include in the treatment of ICU patients. Learn from CVT, Emily Dascalos, and staff dog, Ollie, who is recovering from a hemilaminectomy, about the different positions you...
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Current Concepts in Clinical Nutrition
Views: 3,743 - Comments: 0Nutrition intersects all types of clinical conditions including cognitive dysfunction, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, renal disease, atopic conditions and cancer. Join Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh DVM, DACVECC in this lecture regarding n...
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Total IV Anesthesia
Views: 5,687 - Comments: 1The accepted best practice for anesthesia has been to induce the patient with and injectable drug, intubate, and maintain on inhalant anesthetics. The alternative to this is total IV anesthesia or TIVA. Learn from Kristin Spring...
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Celebrating the Holidays Without Your Animal Companion
Views: 2,366 - Comments: 1As the holidays are approaching, Enid Traisman, MSW, CT, and Director of the DoveLewis Pet Loss Support Program, reviews ways that you can honor your pet during the holiday season. These tips can also be shared with clients who ma...
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Non-Rebreather Circuit Set Up
Views: 9,204 - Comments: 3Senior Technician Supervisor and CVT, Sarah Harris, goes through an in depth review and demonstration of setting up a non-rebreather circuit.
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Shar Pei Fever
Views: 3,248 - Comments: 0Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, reviews diagnosis and management of chronic Shar Pei fever.
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Feline Radiology Diagnosis of Bates Bodies
Views: 2,918 - Comments: 0Alan Lipman, DVM, DACVR reviews radiographs of a feline patient with a three-day history of hematuria.
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When the Unblocking Gets Tough
Views: 7,261 - Comments: 0Feline urethral obstruction is a common complication of feline lower urinary tract disease. Approximately 12% of cats have metabolic derangements, which along with severe dehydration can cause patients to be critical. ...
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The Mentally Altered Diabetic
Views: 4,027 - Comments: 0When a mentally altered patient arrives at any veterinary hospital, there is often little information available that might direct a veterinarian down the path toward a diagnosis. Learn from Christy Michael, BVMS, about managing th...
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The Post-Conference Zoomies
Views: 1,914 - Comments: 0Zoomies: when your dog runs around the house like crazy- jumping on the couch, running up or down the stairs, and all over the house. It usually ends with them falling to the floor, panting like crazy and taking a nap. – Urb...
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Amikacin Precautions
Views: 2,299 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses the precautions that should be taken with Amikacin.
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Rat Bait - What’s Not to Love?
Views: 4,342 - Comments: 0Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity represents that rare gem in realm of canine toxicities: a toxin for which there is both a rapid, bedside diagnostic test and an antidote. Even severely affected clinical cases stand a reasonable...
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Zinc Induced Hemolytic Anemia in a Dog
Views: 4,647 - Comments: 0An 8 kg, 2 year old male neutered Boston Terrier presented to the general veterinarian with a one week history of lethargy and decreased appetite and a two day history of pigmenturia. The owner noted that the dog was with hi...
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The Curious Incident of the Lost Cephalic Catheter
Views: 7,838 - Comments: 1A 6-year-old male neutered German Shepherd dog, named Chief, presented on emergency for acute onset of vomiting and restlessness. Initial diagnostics were consistent with gastric dilation and volvulus and he was taken to surgery a...
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Rat Tail Vein Blood Draw
Views: 5,292 - Comments: 0Emily Chryst, CVT, walks through the steps for sampling blood from a rodent tail.
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Workplace Bullying
Views: 5,012 - Comments: 0Bullying between staff members can be hard to identify. Learn from Cheryl Latta, DoveLewis Human Resources Manager, about how to recognize bullying behaviors and prevent it from happening.
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Talent Wars: How to Attract and Retain Talent
Views: 5,080 - Comments: 0The job market has changed. Certified Veterinary Technicians are difficult to find and retain. In this article, Monica Maxwell discusses why CVT recruiting is so difficult and strategies to help clinics attract and retain the empl...
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Staff Transition to Management: Part II
Views: 2,625 - Comments: 0Continuing from Staff Transition to Management: Part I, Cheryl Latta, DoveLewis Human Resources Manager, reviews common difficulties that new managers face and tips for making the most of your new promotion. Making th...
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Staff Transition to Management: Part I
Views: 3,279 - Comments: 0Cheryl Latta, DoveLewis Human Resources Manager, talks about the difficulties that can come with a promotion to management, and tips for handling new responsibilities.
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Crash Course in Vehicular Trauma
Views: 8,823 - Comments: 4Josh Cruz, DVM, reviews how to triage, assess, and treat hit by car traumas. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for 1.25 DVM or Technician CE credit. Download Lecture Notes
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Hyperadrenocorticism: Diagnosis and Treatment
Views: 5,118 - Comments: 0Barbara Davis, DVM, DACVIM, reviews Cushing’s disease symptoms and management. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for .5 DVM or Technician CE credit. Download Lecture Notes
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Peritoneal Dialysis
Views: 1,940 - Comments: 0Erika Loftin, DVM, DACVECC, discusses the indications, complications, and administration of peritoneal dialysis for a patient in the ICU.
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Long Term Ventilation
Views: 4,091 - Comments: 6Megan Brashear, VTS (ECC), talks about the in-depth nursing care required for veterinary patients on long-term ventilation in the ICU including recumbent patient care, oral care, and endotracheal tube care.
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Ordering A Urine Culture
Views: 3,371 - Comments: 0Christy Michael, BVMS, discusses what warrants sending out a urine culture and sensitivity, and some of the disease processes that go along with urinary tract infections.
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When to Refer to Rehabilitation
Views: 1,693 - Comments: 0Mandi Blackwelder, DVM CCRP, discusses how to determine patients to refer to rehabilitation and when.
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Applying Ocular Medication - Canine
Views: 8,697 - Comments: 5Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC) walks through the steps of applying ocular medication to a dog. Review how to restrain, and the abbreviations used in prescription instructions.
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When Good Organs Go Bad – Pancreatitis
Views: 9,617 - Comments: 1The pancreas lives in the cranial abdomen close to the stomach and duodenum. With a right and left limb, this organ plays both endocrine and exocrine roles and is vital to nutritional function. The pancreas secretes glucagon and i...
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Direct Arterial Pressure Monitoring
Views: 7,020 - Comments: 5Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS (Anest), explains the calibration, use, and care of a direct arterial blood pressure system. Download Instructions
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Temporary Tube Thoracostomy
Views: 2,841 - Comments: 2Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM DACVECC, walks us through placing an indwelling thoracostomy tube.
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Intraosseous Catheter Placement
Views: 11,184 - Comments: 1Although a seemingly intimidating procedure, intraosseous (IO) catheter placement is a wonderful tool in the arsenal of emergency medicine practitioners. It is useful in rapid placement during shock, in neonates, or in exotics for...
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Communicating Discharge Instructions with Clients
Views: 9,572 - Comments: 5Senior Technician Supervisor and CVT, Sarah Harris, joins Training Specialist and CVT, Jessica Waters, to review the process for communicating effective discharge instructions with clients. Using the example of a gastroenteritis p...
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Surgical Site Infection and Surveillance
Views: 6,224 - Comments: 0Coby Richter, DVM, DACVS, walks through a review of surgical complications caused by bacterial infections, and how to prevent them. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for 1 DVM or Technician CE credit.
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Is My Rat Choking?
Views: 5,074 - Comments: 0This morning I had quite the scare! One of my rats did not come to greet me, and I found her lying toward the back of her cage. I picked her up and could see something was wrong. I put her down to observe her, and f...
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Vitamin D3 Toxicity: Rare but Noteworthy
Views: 11,871 - Comments: 1Cholecalciferol is an uncommon cause of toxicity in the dog and cat, however after seeing several cases recently, I thought that it warranted a review. Thankfully, these cases were seen shortly after ingestion and all did well wit...
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Ortho-Glass Splint
Views: 2,472 - Comments: 0Ashley Magee, DVM, DACVS, demonstrates how to make and set an Ortho-Glass splint after vacuum assisted therapy.
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